Australian Native Plants

Cultivation and Uses in the Health and Food Industries
Herausgeber: Sultanbawa, Yasmina; Sultanbawa, Fazal

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a comprehensive overview of native food crops commercially grown in Australia that possess nutritional and health properties largely unknown globally. These native foods have been consumed traditionally, have a unique flavor diversity, offer significant health promoting effects, and contain useful functional properties. Australian native plant foods have also been identified for their promising antioxidant and antimicrobial properties that have considerable commercial potential.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781482257144
• ISBN-10: 1482257149
• Artikelnr.: 45292410

Autorenporträt

Yasmina Sultanbawa earned a graduateship in chemistry from the Institute of Chemistry, Ceylon, in Sri Lanka, an MSc in food science from the University of Reading in the United Kingdom, and a PhD in food chemistry from the University of British Columbia, Canada. After 15 years employment at the Industrial Technology Institute in Sri Lanka, she has worked for eight years as a senior food scientist at the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland, the past five of which she has been a senior research fellow at the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, Australia. Fazal Sultanbawa earned a BSc and an MPhil in agriculture and crop science from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and a PhD from the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, focusing on biotechnology and the mass propagation of plants using tissue and protoplast culture. For the past five years, he has been technical manager at Agrichem Pty Ltd., Brisbane, Australia, a leading international plant nutrition company, where he is responsible for developing their crop nutrition programs, R&D programs, and the conduct of field trials. He also has held senior management positions in several national and international companies.

Inhaltsangabe

Overview of Australian Native Plants. CULTIVATION AND PRODUCTION.
Cultivation of Anise Myrtle (Syzygium anisatum). Cultivation of Bush Tomato
(Solanum centrale): Desert Raisin. Cultivation of Davidson's Plum (
Davidsonia spp.). The Reproductive Systems of Davidson's Plum (Davidsonia
jerseyana, D. pruriens, and D. johnsonii) and the Potential for
Domestication. Cultivation of Desert Limes (Citrus glauca). Cultivation of
Australian Finger Lime (Citrus australasica). Production of Terminalia
ferdinandiana Excell ('Kakadu Plum') in Northern Australia. Cultivation of
Lemon Aspen (Acronychia acidula). Cultivation of Lemon Myrtle (Backhousia
citriodora). Cultivation of Muntries (Kunzea pomifera F. Muell.).
Cultivation of Native Pepper (Tasmannia lanceolata). Cultivation of
Quandong (Santalum acuminatum). Cultivation of Riberry (Syzygium luehmannii
). Production of Wattle Seed (Acacia victoriae). FOOD AND HEALTH
APPLICATIONS. Alternative Medicines Based on Aboriginal Traditional
Knowledge and Culture. Nutritional Characteristics and Bioactive Compounds
in Australian Native Plants: A Review. Australian Native Plants:
Anti-Obesity and Anti-Inflammatory Properties. Food Preservation and the
Antimicrobial Activity of Australian Native Plants. Unique Flavors from
Australian Native Plants. COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS. Native Australian Plant
Extracts: Cosmetic Applications. Processing of Native Plant Foods and
Ingredients. Quality Changes during Packaging and Storage of Australian
Native Herbs. Value Chains: Making the Connections between Producers and
Consumers of Native Plant Foods. New Market Opportunities for Australian
Indigenous Food Plants. Appendix: Australian Native Food Recipes.